Legal Opinion
Mapes v. Madison County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided January 11, 1961No. 50194PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeterson, J.
This is a mandamus action against Madison County and its Board of Supervisors. Defendant county decided in 1959 to convert a country road, running past plaintiffs’ farm, into a farm-to-market road. They needed a tract of 1.88 acres to widen the road, which was located in the corner of plaintiffs’ 160-acre farm. Agreement was not made as to purchase, and petition was filed for condemnation. On May 14, 1959, the sheriff’s jury awarded plaintiffs $825. Plaintiffs did not appeal from the award. The road was widened, raised 14.5 feet, and completed in the summer of 1959.
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Liddick v. City of Council BluffsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1942
- Anderlik v. Iowa State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1949
- Dawson v. McKinnonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1939
- Rhodes v. Iowa State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1959
- Baird v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1941
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Conrad v. Board of Supervisors of Lee CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1972
- Hammer v. County of IdaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1975
- Harrison-Pottawattamie Drainage District No. 1 Ex Rel. Osborn v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1968
- Simpson v. Iowa State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1972
- Glenn R. Lambert, Stephen G. Lambert, Phillip R. Lambert, Thomas A. Lambert, Linda A. Hicks & Janet S. Ruddy D/B/A Lambert Farms Partnership v. The Iowa Department of TransportationSupreme Court of Iowa · 2011
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